The Problem with “Invented Labels" A Critique of Sami Timimi’s Interview on SEND, Autism, and ADHD

My response to the recent article about autism and ADHD diagnosis on TES magazine.

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CAMHS Survey 2025 This survey will capture experiences that you have had with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). The survey is anonymous, and by filling out this survey you accept that I will use anon...

Looking to update our data on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. If you've had interaction with CAMHS, we would really appreciate if you could complete this anonymous survey

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Parent Blame and the Politicisation of Neurodivergent Children’s Lives How blaming families distracts from the real problem

When systems collapse, parents get blamed. My latest article explores how parent blame politicises the lives of Autistic or neurodivergent children, distracting from cuts and privatisation

Read here: www.davidgrayhammond.co.uk/p/parent-bla...

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An EHCP can play a big part in helping a child with SEN access the education that they need. To help you understand the process, we’ve put together our EHCP Support Pack.

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New UK Government Education Hub Now Overtly Discriminates Against Neurodivergent Children - Emergent Divergence On March 12th, 2025 the Department for Education launched it's new Education Hub. It is immediately clear from the accompanying social media posts that this new endeavour seeks to enact overt oppressive...

New Article!

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line from A to B labelled as the learning process for neurotypical students. A complex network of many branches labelled as the learning process for AuDHD students.

The "A to B" nature of mainstream education is just one of many reasons why it doesn't work for many neurodivergent students.

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